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China says no to Winslet's 3D nudity? | Media Monkeyhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/apr/13/china-censors-breasts-titanic-3d
<p>Over to China, where anxious cinemagoers have flocked to their local theatre to watch the much-publicised 3D release of Titanic. But some Chinese viewers have apparently been left disappointed after authorities censored a crucial scene in the remake: the life drawing of a naked Rose, played by <strong>Kate Winslet</strong>. The prudish move – in which Winslet is only shown from the neck up in the famous scene – has caused hearts to sink across China, according to the <strong>Independent</strong>. One web user posted: &quot;I didn't wait 15 years to see a 3D iceberg.&quot; Sadly, it appears this tale could be too good to be true – website <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/12/china-censors-titanic-3d-nudity-so-viewers-dont-try-and-cop-a-feel/" title="">The Daily Caller says it's a hoax</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/apr/13/china-censors-breasts-titanic-3d">Continue reading...</a>MediaThe TitanicUK news3DKate WinsletFilmChinaAsia PacificWorld newsThe IndependentNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersCensorshipFri, 13 Apr 2012 08:30:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/apr/13/china-censors-breasts-titanic-3d20th Century Fox/20th Century FoxKeep it clean ... Leo and Kate in Titanic. Photograph: 20th Century Fox20th Century Fox/20th Century FoxStill from James Cameron's Titanic. Photograph: 20th Century Fox Photograph: 20th Century FoxMonkey2012-04-13T08:30:06ZChina hopes to drive traffic away from Ferrari users | Media Monkeyhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/mar/20/china-ferrari-users
<p><strong>China</strong> has banned the F-word from the country's biggest social networking sites, reports the Times. Yep, that's right: censors responsible for upholding the Great Firewall have moved to block mentions of the word &quot;Ferrari&quot; on a range of websites. Conspiracy theorists are pointing to an accident involving a Ferrari F430 at 4am on Sunday morning. Apparently the crash, which killed the young driver, may have been the son of a senior Communist party official. China has banned a number of words and phrases including &quot;64&quot; (the month and day of the Tiananmen Square crackdown) &quot;iodised salt&quot; (to prevent rumours it could prevent radiation poisioning after Japan's nuclear disaster) and &quot;love potions&quot; (regarded as &quot;too permissive&quot; by censors).</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/mar/20/china-ferrari-users">Continue reading...</a>MediaDigital mediaSocial networkingInternetTechnologyChinaAsia PacificWorld newsTue, 20 Mar 2012 11:28:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/mar/20/china-ferrari-usersJason Lee/ReutersA woman loads a Chinese microblog website on her Apple iPhone in Beijing. Photograph: Jason Lee/ReutersJason Lee/ReutersA woman loads a Chinese microblog website on her Apple iPhone in Beijing. Photograph: Jason Lee/ReutersMonkey2012-03-20T11:28:46ZTelegraph in two minds over China | Media Monkeyhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/sep/30/telegraph-china-advertising
<p>Monkey opened the Daily Telegraph today to see that its regular rota of advertisers – Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Specsavers – had been joined by new and unlikely company: the People's Republic of China. The reds took out a 16-page supplement in the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/" title="Telegraph">Telegraph</a> today, titled China in Focus, with a number of big-name bylines, including Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson and China's premier, Wen Jiabao. The supplement was sponsored by the Chinese Embassy, in association with the Daily Telegraph. But it's business as usual on the Telegraph website, with the supplement sitting next to a news story that the public has been <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6245241/Chinas-60th-anniversary-of-Communism-public-barred-from-parade.html" title="barred from the Beijing's celebratory parade">barred from the Beijing's celebratory parade</a>. But we were rather taken by the top story on the Telegraph's China site yesterday afternoon: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6245665/Dwarves-found-theme-park-commune-to-escape-bullying.html" title="Dwarves found 'theme park' commune to escape bullying">Dwarves found 'theme park' commune to escape bullying</a>. Happy 60th birthday, PRC!</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/sep/30/telegraph-china-advertising">Continue reading...</a>Daily TelegraphChinaNewspapersAdvertisingMediaAsia PacificWed, 30 Sep 2009 15:56:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/sep/30/telegraph-china-advertisingMonkey2009-09-30T15:56:37ZMedia Monkey: 'Arse kissing' comment fails to impress Communist officialshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/feb/24/china-newspapers
<p>File this one in the &quot;it happens to the best of us&quot; category. A proofreader and typesetter at China's <strong>Southern Metropolis Daily</strong> have been fined over an editing error that highlights the frustration with state-controlled media. The comment &quot;Such arse kissing!&quot; was added to a story about Communist Party officials, reports the Times.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/feb/24/china-newspapers">Continue reading...</a>ChinaNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesMediaAsia PacificTue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/feb/24/china-newspapersMonkey2009-02-24T09:00:00ZWill China giggle along with Riggle?http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2008/aug/07/willchinagigglealongwithr
<p>With the Chinese authorities preoccupied with the little matter of the Olympics kicking off tomorrow, they may not take too kindly to the news that Comedy Central's flagship series <strong>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</strong> is to despatch its &quot;senior foreign correspondent&quot; Rob Riggle to the country for the games. And we're not talking the Daily Show's usual green screen pisstaking here - Comedy Central promises the Riggle will actually be on location in China, as he was for a week in Iraq last summer, reporting from Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall of China as well as interviewing leaders in media and business in a series of reports entitled Rob Riggle: Chasing the Dragon, which kick off from Monday. &quot;Daily Show senior foreign correspondent Rob Riggle will provide in-depth coverage as the world gathers in China, Earth's only remaining superpower,&quot; Comedy Central said. UK viewers will be able to keep abreast of Riggle nightly on More4. To whet your appetite, check out Riggle in Iraq for what started out as Operation Silent Thunder, was then renamed <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wkw8-fV1-s&amp;feature=related">Operation Fluffy Bunny</a> and ended as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2hFIvehes">Operation Macho Kick-Ass</a>. Monkey is standing by for a sense of humour failure by the Chinese authorities.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2008/aug/07/willchinagigglealongwithr">Continue reading...</a>Television industryMediaProtestChinaWorld newsAsia PacificThu, 07 Aug 2008 10:24:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2008/aug/07/willchinagigglealongwithrMonkey2008-08-07T10:24:39Z